The heavenly lengths of Schubert’s last piano sonata and second set of impromptus: Marc-André Hamelin captures the other-worldliness of these sublime, quintessentially ‘late’ works as do few other pianists.
‘This is spacious Schubert, secure, august and unrushed … Hamelin’s thoughtful originality, supported by his fully realised execution and sincerity of purpose, makes his contribution a worthy com ...
BBC Music Magazine
‘The way Hamelin weights the repeated notes and spins the phrases; the subtle rubato; the rounded timbre he coaxes from the piano; the carefully graded dynamics and slightly ominous soft trills that i ...
BBC Music Magazine‘The way Hamelin weights the repeated notes and spins the phrases; the subtle rubato; the rounded timbre he coaxes from the piano; the carefully graded dynamics and slightly ominous soft trills that i ...